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| Parameter | Type | Definition |
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| Lag time | Time | This represents the time it takes for water to travel along the link and is a positive real number. |
| Initial Storage | Volume | The amount of water deemed to be in the link on the first time-step. For example, if there is a lag of two days, and there is 10ML in the link at the start of the run, then 5ML is deemed to be flowing out each day (total initial storage divided by lag). |
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Modelling lagged flow routing with storage routing
A link configured for lagged flow routing is treated as a series of sub-reaches or 'divisions' of equal length, with the travel time in each sub- division equal to one time-step. Water moves through the link progressively, without attenuation. You cannot configure fluxes, constituents or ownership on a lagged flow routing link. If lateral flows are significant and/or there is dead storage in the reach, you can approximate model lagged flow routing using storage routing and the generalised non-linear storage option, as follows:
Compute the number of divisiondivisions, n, by dividing the average wave passage time by model time-step and round the result to a whole number. The result must be at least one (ie. n ≥ 1);
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